Karen Schultz
Pediatric Pulmonology · Fort Worth, TXNPI 1063506913
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $141 of the $181 with a category attached, or 77.9%. Vertex accounts for 91.1% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for pediatric pulmonology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $499.
Across 3 payments — averaging $60.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$164
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$16
Across 74 payments — averaging $6577.85 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Vertex$302K
- AstraZeneca$118K
- Gilead$44K
- Merck$18K
- AbbVie$3K
- Vivus LLC$1K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$14178%
- Education$4022%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 2 | $164 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $16 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- SYMDEKO$124
How this compares
$181 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 104 pediatric pulmonology providers in Texas.
Other pediatric pulmonology in Fort Worth
- Shailendra DasFort Worth$23K
- Sarat SusarlaHouston$194K
- Jason FullmerAustin$74K
- Kelly SmithSan Antonio$69K
- Carolyn CannonDallas$55K
- Donna Willey-CourandSan Antonio$19K
- Fadel RuizHouston$17K
- Peter HiattHouston$16K
- Steven CopenhaverDallas$13K
- Tarak PatelSan Antonio$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.